Improvement in ceilings and walls for buildings



NITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

CHARLES N. POOLE, OF SANDWICH, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CEILINGS AND WALLS FOR BUILDINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 113,793, dated April18, 1871.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLEs N. POOLE, of Sandwich, in the county of DeKalb and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Sectional Ceilings and Walls for Buildings; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to the sectional frames used with cement to formceilings 5 and consists in constructing them in the manner hereinafterdescribed, and subsequently pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l represents a viewof a ceilingconstructed according to my invention, or in sections. Fig. 2 representsthe back side of two sections, showing the frame-work by means of whichthe sections are attached to the joists or timbers. Fig.3 is a verticalsection of Fig. 2 on the line a: :0.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the sections of which the ceiling or wall finish iscomposed. These sections consist of a frame, B, formed of slats halvedtogether, or fastened together, in any suitable manner, upon which isplaced cement C, pressed thereon by a mold, so as to leave an impressionof any ornamental design, device, or configuration 5 or the cement isplaced in the mold, (the said mold being a counterpart of the face ofthe section and the frame B is pressed into the opposite side or back ofthe cement, so that the cement will adhere firmly to the frame; then, byturning the whole over, (or bottom side up,) the mold may be liftedot't, leaving its impression in the cement.

The frame corresponds in size with the mold, and in area it may be ofany desired size.

In some cases-as, for instance, when a room is very small-a single framemay be made to answer for the entire ceiling or for one side of thewall; but in ordinary cases the ceiling or wall will be put on insections.

To fasten the sections to the wall or ceilA ing screws or anchors areused, which pass through the cement and frame and into the joists ortimbers. More or less screws may be used .for this purpose.

Each of the sections is intended to form a part of a general design, asseen in Fig. 1.

The joists and the screw-holes through the cement are filled and mendedup when the work is completed, so that the ceiling or wall appears as asingle piece.

In this manner a room or building may be inished either plainly or inthe highest style of art in the most expeditious and permanent manner,as the sections may be prepared and made ready for use weeks and monthsbeforehand.

The sections may, in fact, be made a new article of manufacture inthemselves and form a new branch of industry.

Having thus described my invention, I clainl as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. The sectional framesAB, filled by press* ure withcement, molded, Vand fastened to the joists by screws.

2. The frames B, made in sections A, the cement C pressed thereinto andface-molded on the outer surface, and a series of fastening screws,combined, as described, with the joists or timbers of a building to forma new ceil ing or wall iinish.

CHARLES E. rooLE.

Witnesses:

EDWARD LEwIs, J onN O. DAVID.

